[en] Terahertz (THz) Pulsed Imaging (TPI) uses THz radiation for imaging biological tissue. In particular, this technique has shown potential for identifying human breast cancer during breast-conserving surgery (BCS) [1,2]. A key issue of BCS is the more than 20% rate of reoperation after postoperative histopathological analysis of the cancer resection margins [3], which results from the current lack of accurate intraoperative cancer margins assessment tools.
As part of the Tera4All project consortium that aims to promote THz technology applications across the Walloon Region of Belgium, our goal is to investigate the use and validation of TPI in breast cancer margins assessment, in the context of reducing the re-operation rate of BCS. In this preliminary work, we study the TPI of PE excised human breast cancer tissue sections.
Research center :
Institut Montefiore
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Cerica, Delphine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Exploitation des signaux et images
Nguyen, Dinh; Multitel A.S.B.L. Research and Innovation Center > Applied Photonics Department
Hernandez, Yves; Multitel A.S.B.L. Research and Innovation Center > Applied Photonics Department
Verly, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Exploitation des signaux et images
Boutaayamou, Mohamed ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Exploitation des signaux et images
Language :
English
Title :
Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Paraffin-Embedded Human Breast Cancer Tissue
Publication date :
September 2019
Event name :
44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
Event place :
Paris, France
Event date :
September 1-6 2019
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
Tera4All
Funders :
FEDER - Fonds Européen de Développement Régional [BE]
